TABLETOP SCULPTURE
Richie Budd, Hunter Cross,
Bill Davenport, Katalin Hausel,
Mark Schatz and Jared Steffensen
July 14 - Aug 22, 2007
Exhibition Design: Erin Curtis
Curator: Amanda Douberley
“Tabletop Sculpture” brings together small works by six artists working in larger-than-life-size sculpture and installation. Some of these “tabletop sculptures” are models for unrealized projects, while others are models made after the fact; still other works have no relationship with a big idea whatsoever. Here the active potential of the model as projection is tempered by the miniature’s provocation of a state of idle contemplation.To reinforce this ambiguity, the main gallery space at Art Palace will be transformed into a mid-century modern living room, a strategy that also echoes the gallery’s place inside of a house.
Artists included in “Tabletop Sculpture” are Richie Budd (San Antonio), Hunter Cross (Austin), Bill Davenport (Houston), Katalin Hausel (Austin), Mark Schatz (Houston), and Jared Steffensen (Rhode Island). Austin-based artist Erin Curtis will design the installation. “Tabletop Sculpture” is curated by Amanda Douberley.